Stanford University School of Medicine (2024)

How did the interview impress you?

Response	#Responders
Positively	51
Negatively	5
No change	8

What was the stress level of the interview?

ResponseAvg	#Responders
3.73	60

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

ResponseAvg	#Responders
7.28	39

0 = low, 10 = high

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"The interview invitation says you have to "confirm" your interview five business days beforehand. This is confusing. Do you have to email, or call? Exactly five business days, or at least (or at most)? Will the office reach out and remind you? This has caused numerous applicants stress, and it doesn't seem to be an actual requirement."More from this Member| Report Response

"Stanford does a superb job of executing a very thorough, informative orientation."More from this Member| Report Response

"This was the friendliest, most helpful, most organized admissions staff in my experience!"More from this Member| Report Response

"Thank you for the wonderful day!!"More from this Member| Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"NDA"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Can't say"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Can't say! Signed an NDA."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research in X.Have you thought about what your academic concentration be?Why Stanford?Detailed research questions."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about X activity"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about ____ in your file, etc."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research (asked very specific questions in response to my answer)."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Faculty Interviewer #1: When did you get into Stanford? What do your parents and siblings do? What is your family history like? What are you doing currently? Why did you decide to take a year off? How do you feel about your undergraduate education? Can you tell me about an interesting clinical experience that you had? What kind of specialty would you like to go into? What are your career goals and how will you get there? How do your goals relate to your interest in Stanford? Can you tell me about (specific volunteer experience) and how it relates to your decision to go into medicine? Have I covered everything that you wanted to get across during this interview?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Student interview: Tell me about XXX in your file. Faculty: How to fix US healthcare system?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Specifics about Stanford's curriculum, P/F system, extra research years. Do you think doctors should be paid more than other professions? Some thought-provoking questions specific to my activities and research. "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Why medicine/why Stanford?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How did you accomplish (leadership experience)?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What do you want to specialize in?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"I got asked to discuss a problem in an interviewer's lab."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"why medicine and not law?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"If a patient was brain dead and on life support, how would you make the decision on whether or not to discontinue life support?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What makes Stanford different?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"N/A"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How do you think the curriculum design suits you learning style?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Faculty Interviewer #2: How do you think your parents feel about your accomplishments? Are your siblings as self motivated as you?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What will be your biggest challenge in coming to medical school?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your hometown"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Nothing too unique, just talk about my activities."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose the school you chose? Why Stanford? What is your take on the current health care debate?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How would you overhaul the US medical system? How do you think our system compares to those in other nations around the world? "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite style of art? (oil painting is one of my hobbies)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Which medical schools do you think have unimpressive programs?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Why am i doing this research? What is your long term goal? How it relates to it?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How did your mother's kidneys fail? (asked by a Urologist)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Nothing super-exciting...just the standard questions."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"nothing"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Asking me to explore my family background and how it has affected me."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"if you could change something about your time in school, what would it be?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"nothing really atypical..."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the basis of the universe? (No, seriously, I got asked this.)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Do you read the NY Times? Any other papers?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Nothing particularly interesting. The questions were very open ended. "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What do you see as something you might have a problem with in the future as a physcian?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Stanford looks for leaders, so tell me about your leadership roles."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"One of my interviewers seemed to really know my file inside and out. He picked out a "theme" in my activities and life that I didn't even think I stressed in the app and then asked me to elaborate on it. It was more like a mentoring session really!"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Because it was match day and first and second years were having exams, I had two faculty interviewers as opposed to one student and one faculty. Both of my researchers mainly wanted to talk about my research. My guess is they are trying to get a feel for how you'd fit in their program. "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"I have an ankle injury, do you think I should run in the upcoming marathon? (note: talked briefly about my running)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"what can you offer in terms of diversity as a student at stanford?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a leader in the field of academic medicine, and how would Stanford ensure you that you will achieve this goal? "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting..."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Can't remember."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Questions about my research. The long length led to some of the more interesting questions I've ever been asked along the way, asking about different ways to approach my research/how I would expand upon it."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me more specifics about statistics you used in your research a very long time ago"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What kind of research or scholarly pursuit would you like to engage in at Stanford?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How would you apply the principles of music to medicine?Explain why you think the vocabulary of science is precise.Why do you think the patient asked you, a student who is not a medical doctor, to write down a medical term for her? *related to a shadowing experience."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Nothing really, the questions are rather generic"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself (the first question asked). no further explanation given. i started blabbering about my politcal views, and had no clue if that's what he wanted to hear."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What were you like as a child? Did you rebel as a teenager?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"A question specific to my research (what do you think are the pitfalls associated with such a theoretical/computational approach to protein folding?)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Most of the questions related specifically to my file."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Out of all the people you've met in your travel abroad, pick one person and tell me about him/her."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"As a female, do you foresee any difficulties in going into medicine?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How hard did you study for the MCAT? (The interviewer asked because I did all of my prerequisites at a community college, did fairly well on the MCAT, and he was wondering if I actually learned the material there or if I studied 100/wk-it was the former)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"none that really stood out..."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Can't remember. Know your application inside and out; I had to explain my personal statement almost line by line. Be prepared for some unexpected questions. I was not asked "Why Stanford" or "Why medicine" or "Tell me about yourself"."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family: father, sisters, grandparents (interesting b/c no other interviewer had asked me that before)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What do you look for in a medical school? Tell me about your research. "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Explain your research to me as if i were in seventh grade."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"No real questions... most questions kinda just started with "tell me about your experience with _____ " and then everything just flowed from there. I heard however, that some others that day were asked ethical questions."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"no interesting questions, just questions related to my research/ other activites"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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